Tag: stepfamily

• The “Off The Record” Rule For Honest Parenting

  Recently, I wrote a post about parenting with the “Because I Said So” technique. Like anything else, some people probably responded to this method while others, like me, bristled under it. From an early age, my kids were given explanations when possible. I told my kids about being abused, and what parts of my life seemed heavily […]

  Catherine aka “Bird”

  May 9, 2014

  Everything Else

  addictions, adulthood, communication, discipline, drugs, families, Family, Father, honesty, immortality, Mother, parent teen, parenting, parenting adults, punishment, rules, sex, stepfamily, talk, teen-agers, teenagers, The Circle of Trust, unconditional love

• Loving With A Limp

  I wanted to write when I was in a better mood. However, since the funk isn’t clearing much these days, I’ve decided to go ahead and write about where my mind keeps returning to time and time again. I know I’ve written in length about these fears from my childhood in my journals, but I […]

  Catherine aka “Bird”

  March 19, 2013

  Everything Else

  bitterness, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Christianity, Co-Dependence, dating, Dating, depression, Emotional Issues, Father, future, giving, happiness, hatred, infidelity, Jeep Cherokee, Jesus, laser beams, Love, midlife crisis, Mother, Oklahoma, Pain, Parent, receiving, revenge, sadness, stepfamily, United States Marine Corp, Vietnam war, wounds